Scottish Executive

Anti-Social Behaviour

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders (ASBO) have been granted, broken down by local authority.

Mr Jim Wallace: Information is provided in the following table on those local authorities which had an ASBO granted in the period 1 December 1999 to 30 November 2001. This is the latest information held centrally.

  


Local Authority 
  

ASBOs Granted 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

18 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

1 
  



City of Edinburgh 
  

20 
  



Dundee City 
  

15 
  



Fife 
  

21 
  



Glasgow 
  

8 
  



Highland 
  

1 
  



Moray 
  

3 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

6 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

4 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

2 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

5 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

5 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

9 
  



West Lothian 
  

1 
  



Total 
  

119

Anti-Social Behaviour

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour legislation on anti-social neighbours is being monitored.

Mr Jim Wallace: The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has been commissioned by the Scottish Executive to undertake an annual exercise to determine the effectiveness of the new eviction grounds for anti-social behaviour and the use being made of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) brought in under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

  The outcome of the 2001 survey was published on 13 December 2002. Copies of the survey were placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 25791).

Anti-Social Behaviour

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have applied to the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF) for funding for schemes to combat anti-social behaviour.

Ms Margaret Curran: Six local authorities are running pathfinders that address anti-social behaviour as part of their wider BNSF programmes.

Anti-Social Behaviour

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) have been issued in the (a) Argyll and Bute Council area, (b) West Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency in each year since 1999.

Mr Jim Wallace: In the period 1 December 1999 to 30 November 2001, no ASBOs were granted in Argyll and Bute and nine were granted in West Dunbartonshire. The information cannot be broken down by parliamentary constituency area. This is the latest information held centrally.

Anti-Social Behaviour

Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask the Scottish Executive what the existing rules are, including length of advance notice required, for the consideration of an application for a child witness to give evidence in court by use of a closed-circuit television link or a screen and what steps it is taking to facilitate such arrangements.

Mr Jim Wallace: At the moment the court has a discretionary power to grant special measures when an application is made. The current procedure for making applications to take evidence by television link is governed by rules 22.1 and 22.2 of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996. The application is to be lodged 14 days before the trial diet (except on special cause shown). The court will then fix a diet to hear the application at the earliest practicable date.

  On 27 February 2003 we published proposals to give children an automatic entitlement to use special measures when giving evidence, and to introduce a streamlined notification procedure. These are part of a wide range of proposals aimed at helping child and other vulnerable witnesses. The proposals are set out in more detail in Vital Voices - Helping Vulnerable Witnesses Give Evidence - Policy Statement, which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 26600) or on the Scottish Executive website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/vvps-00.asp.

Anti-Social Behaviour

Ms Wendy Alexander (Paisley North) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what legislative provisions it has introduced to tackle anti-social neighbours since May 1999 and what the impact of each such provision has been.

Mr Jim Wallace: New measures have been introduced in the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, which was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 20 February 2003, to tackle anti-social behaviour more effectively. We have introduced interim Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), extended the power to apply for ASBOs to registered social landlords and created a new duty on police and local authorities to jointly prepare and publish anti-social behaviour strategies.

  In addition, the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 gives social landlords the power to give a "probationary" style short Scottish secure tenancy to persons who have been evicted for anti-social behaviour (in any part of the UK and from any tenure). This can also be offered to tenants where they are subject to an ASBO. This new power came into force on 30 September 2002.

  It is too early to assess the impact of these measures.

Carers

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are being made to increase carers’ access to all preventative screening services, such as dental services and eye tests.

Mrs Mary Mulligan: Carers have access to preventative screening services on the same basis as other users of NHS services.

Central Heating

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) households and (b) pensioners’ homes in the Midlothian Council area are estimated to be eligible for free central heating under its Central Heating Installation Programme.

Des McNulty: Midlothian Council currently estimate that, by 8 March 2003, only eight dwellings in their stock will remain without central heating. All of those dwellings should have central heating by 31 March 2004. There is insufficient data from which to estimate the number of owner-occupiers and private renters in the Midlothian Council area who are eligible for the Central Heating Installation Programme. However, every effort will be made to ensure that the programme is widely publicised and that all eligible households are encouraged to apply before the closing date of 31 March 2006.

Central Heating

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) households and (b) pensioners’ homes in each postcode area that covers the Midlothian Council area (i) benefited in 2001-02 and (ii) are expected to benefit in (1) 2002-03, (2) 2003-04 and (3) 2004-05 under its Central Heating Installation Programme.

Des McNulty: Midlothian Council installed 21 heating systems in 2001-02; they expect to install 37 systems in 2002-03 and eight systems in 2003-04. All council tenants should then have central heating, except where the tenant has refused the offer or the building is to be demolished. Eaga administer the Central Heating Installation Programme for owner-occupiers and private renters. They collect statistics by main postcode area. They say that they installed 650 systems in the EH postcode area in 2001-02 and have installed 725 systems so far in 2002-03. There is insufficient data on which to estimate the number of eligible private sector households in the Midlothian area who have yet to benefit from the programme.

Central Heating

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners or households in the postcode areas that cover the Midlothian Council area have benefited from the (a) Warm Deal Scheme and (b) Central Heating Installation Programme in each of the last five years and how many are expected to benefit in future years.

Des McNulty: The Warm Deal as currently constituted was introduced in July 1999. Under the programme, Midlothian Council insulated 322 dwellings in 1999-2000, 225 dwellings in 2000-01 and 520 dwellings in 2001-02, the last year for which figures are currently available. We do not know how many of those dwellings are occupied by pensioners.

  The part of the Warm Deal administered by Eaga covers all sectors of the housing stock. Eaga say that in the EH postcode area 3,106 dwellings were insulated in 1999-2000 and 4,869 in 2000-01. The main postcode area for the Midlothian Council area is EH. We do not know how many of these dwellings are occupied by pensioners.

  The council installed 21 heating systems in 2001-02, the first year of the Central Heating Installation Programme and expect to install 37 heating systems in 2002-03. They further expect to install eight heating systems in 2003-04 and at the end of that year all council stock should have central heating, except where the tenant has refused the offer or the building is due to be demolished. We do not know how many of these dwellings are occupied by pensioners.

  Eaga run the Central Heating Installation Programme for owner-occupiers and private renters. They collect statistics on a cumulative basis, by main postcode area. The main postcode area for the Midlothian Council area is EH. Eaga say that they have installed 1,375 heating systems in that postcode area between autumn 2000 and 28 February 2003. In each case the applicant will have been aged 60 or over, but we do not know how many are pensioners.

  There is no estimate of how many people in the Midlothian Council area will benefit from the Warm Deal or Central Heating Installation Programme in future years.

Central Heating

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive why a 96-year-old resident in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency, whose home has two 40-year-old storage heaters, in the living room and hallway, that were described in representations by North Lanarkshire Social Work Department as leaving the hallway "like a fridge", has been refused a new central heating system under its Central Heating Installation Programme, following representations from the local councillor, friends and the social work department.

Des McNulty: Eligibility for the Central Heating Installation Programme is dependent on a number of factors, including whether there is any form of heating in the house already. In September 2002 the Scottish Executive announced that the programme would be extended from April 2004 to elderly people over 80 living in homes with partial or poorly functioning systems. However, the case raised in the question does concern me and I will investigate further and write to you.

Central Heating

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many households in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency have been (a) refused and (b) provided with heating systems under its Central Heating Installation Programme in each year since the programme became operational.

Des McNulty: Eaga do not collect statistics on the number of applications refused. They collect cumulative statistics on the number of installations by main postcode area, not constituency area. The main postcode area covering Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is G. Eaga tell us that they have installed 2,877 central heating systems in the G postcode area between the autumn of 2000 and 28 February 2003.

Central Heating

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many households in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have been (a) refused and (b) provided with heating systems under its Central Heating Installation Programme in each year since the programme became operational.

Des McNulty: Eaga do not collect statistics on the number of applications refused. They collect cumulative statistics on the number of installations by main postcode area, not constituency area. The main postcode area covering Motherwell and Wishaw is ML. Eaga tell us that they have installed 216 central heating systems in the ML postcode area between the autumn of 2000 and 28 February 2003.

Culture

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received about why the United Kingdom entry in the listing of national websites in the European Culture Portal in the European Commission’s area of the Europa website gives links only to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Arts Council for England and what role each of these bodies plays in promoting Scottish culture in Europe.

Mike Watson: The Scottish Executive is investigating further the possibilities for establishment of a direct weblink to its site from the national website section within the European Culture Portal. Sport and art are devolved matters. Whilst the Executive takes responsibility for promoting Scottish culture both at home and abroad, in practice there are a number of bilateral links, at both ministerial and official level, with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Arts Council for England.

Culture

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scotland is represented in the European Commission’s Culture 2000 programme and what projects have (a) been supported by and (b) received funds from the programme.

Mike Watson: The Culture 2000 programme has EUCLID as its official Technical Information Office in the UK, providing support and assistance for potential applicants to the programme. The next Scottish workshop takes place in Glasgow on Wednesday, 4 June 2003. A range of projects in Scotland have been supported through this programme and full details of these can be found on EUCLID’s website www.culture2000.info.

Dental Care

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend NHS policy whereby adult patients that have not visited their dentist for a period of more than 15 months can be removed from the dental register without prior notification so that such patients can remain NHS patients.

Mrs Mary Mulligan: The Executive has no current plans to amend the NHS (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to provide that a dentist must provide patients with notification that their continuing care arrangement is due to lapse where the patient has not attended the dentist within the 15-month registration period.

Drug Misuse

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many children are estimated to have parents that misuse drugs in each local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: These figures are not held centrally. Research from the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow estimates that between 40,000 and 60,000 children in Scotland are affected by parental drug misuse. These figures are contained in Getting Our Priorities Right - Good Practice Guidance for working with Children And Families affected by Substance Misuse , published by the Executive on 26 February 2003.

Employment

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been (a) created and (b) lost in the Highlands and Islands in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002.

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been (a) created and (b) lost in each local enterprise company area in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002.

Iain Gray: Information on the number of jobs created or lost is not held centrally.

Fisheries

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure the future of the Ardtoe Sea Fish Aquaculture Research Facility.

Ross Finnie: The Executive and the Enterprise Network stand ready to assist any prospective operator from within existing grant assistance schemes subject to that operator satisfying the usual application criteria.

Further Education

Ms Wendy Alexander (Paisley North) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what support it has provided to Reid Kerr College in each year since 1996-97 and how many students have attended the college in each year.

Iain Gray: With regard to support to Reid Kerr College, I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31837 on 3 December 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

  http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

  Student enrolments at Reid Kerr were as follows.

  


1996-97 
  

 10,840 
  



1997-98 
  

 12,536 
  



1998-99 
  

 13,036 
  



1999-2000 
  

 15,953 
  



2000-01 
  

 17,367 
  



2001-02 
  

 18,548

Individual Learning Accounts

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34021 by Iain Gray on 24 February 2003, how many claims for monies owed under the individual learning account scheme have now been satisfactorily validated; on what dates payments were made in respect of such claims, and how much was involved in each case.

Iain Gray: Details of claims that have been validated and paid are set out in the following table. The validation of claims and authorisation of payments were conducted separately by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise in respect of Individual Learning Account learners in their respective areas. The details given are split accordingly.

  


Date 
  

Number of Providers Paid 
  

Amount Paid 
  

Number of Providers Paid 
  

Amount Paid 
  



Scottish Enterprise 
  

Highlands and Islands Enterprise 
  



25 Oct 01 
  

195 
  

£486,057.33 
  
 
 



01 Nov 01 
  

182 
  

£388,088.69 
  
 
 



08 Nov 01 
  

211 
  

£312,771.02 
  

61 
  

£33,315.99 
  



15 Nov 01 
  

209 
  

£289,002.45 
  

56 
  

£40,716.09 
  



22 Nov 01 
  

217 
  

£264,894.87 
  

61 
  

£27,255.53 
  



14 Feb 02 
  

347 
  

£1,384,942.57 
  

125 
  

£187,462.51 
  



28 Feb 02 
  

34 
  

£56,214.78 
  

4 
  

£18,285.00 
  



11 Apr 02 
  

33 
  

£431,602.08 
  

9 
  

£52,495.50 
  



06 Jun 02 
  

44 
  

£115,547.99 
  

26 
  

£23,916.41 
  



17 Jul 02 
  

19 
  

£16,110.83 
  

10 
  

£7,665.00 
  



12 Sep 02 
  

20 
  

£12,771.60 
  

7 
  

£958.00 
  



09 Jan 03 
  

8 
  

£6,257.35 
  

5 
  

£1,115.55 
  



Total 
  
 

£3,764,261.56 
  
 

£393,185.58

Individual Learning Accounts

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34021 by Iain Gray on 24 February 2003, how many claims for monies owed under the individual learning account scheme are still being investigated; how many learning providers are involved, and how much is outstanding in each case whilst the validation process continues.

Iain Gray: A number of learning providers either remain under investigation by the Scottish authorities or, in respect of certain learning providers based in England, have been referred to the Department for Education and Skills’ Special Investigations Unit. Search warrants have been executed in relation to 10 learning providers in Scotland and investigations are continuing. Some 9,500 claims, the total value of which is £1.9 million, are being withheld in these cases.

Individual Learning Accounts

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34019 by Iain Gray on 24 February 2003, whether the estimate that individual learning account fraud occurred in around 3% of training providers, given by the then Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning to the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee on 17 April 2002 ( Official Report , c 2546), remains the most accurate estimate; what the reasons were for that estimate, and what the current position is.

Iain Gray: The 3% estimate given by my predecessor in April 2002 was based on the results of validation fieldwork carried out between January and March 2002. The further validation work carried out since March 2002 indicates that the 3% quoted last April remains a reasonably accurate estimate of the incidence of possible fraud.

Ministerial Visits

Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether any minister or official attended the meeting of sports ministers in Brussels on 24 and 25 February 2003 to discuss education, youth and culture policies and, if so, whether it will report back on the matters raised.

Dr Elaine Murray: No minister or official from the Executive attended the meeting at which discussion focussed on the draft World Anti Doping Agency Code.

Police

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers are deployed in the Midlothian Council area.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is not held centrally and is a matter for Lothian and Borders Police.

Police

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers assigned to East Lothian and Midlothian division of Lothian and Borders Police have been deployed in the City of Edinburgh division area in each year since 1999.

Mr Jim Wallace: This information is not held centrally and is a matter for Lothian and Borders Police.

Pre-School Education

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio is of pupils to teachers in the pre-school sector.

Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34163 on 5 March 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Rail Network

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of competition rules relating to possible passenger rail franchises and, in particular, whether there have been any developments relating to FirstGroup and, if so, what these developments have been.

Lewis Macdonald: Competition is reserved, and the assessment of competition rules as they may apply to potential franchisees is not a matter for the Scottish Executive. The Strategic Rail Authority will address how competition issues are handled within the franchise re-letting process. The short list of bidders to be invited to tender for the franchise has not yet been announced.

Regulation of Care

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what level of concern would trigger an inquiry under section 65(1)(a) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 into the operation of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and its complaints procedure.

Mr Frank McAveety: The Scottish Executive would only consider setting up an inquiry once all other avenues had been exhausted.

Regulation of Care

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how often meetings are held between it and the Chief Executive of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care; what directions or guidance it gives to the commission, and how many complaints to the former Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman in respect of the commission it has been made aware of by the Chief Executive of the commission

Mr Frank McAveety: I meet with the Care Commission’s Convener and Chief Executive on a six-monthly basis. Together with the Education Minister, I also meet jointly with the Care Commission and the Scottish Social Services Council twice-yearly. My officials meet formally with the Care Commission’s Chief Executive and Senior Management Team every two months. The Management Statement and Financial Memorandum agreed between ministers and the Care Commission sets out the broad framework within which the Care Commission must operate. The emphasis is on accountability and financial propriety. The Care Commission is also required to report on the performance targets set in its Corporate Plan. The Chief Executive has not made us aware of any complaints to the former Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration or the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.

Regulation of Care

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what rights under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 parties to a complaint under investigation by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care have to the contents of the written report of the investigation

Mr Frank McAveety: Compliance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a matter for the Care Commission itself. The Care Commission’s complaints procedure, which is published on their website at: www.carecommission.com, aims to encourage openness and transparency. It confirms that the final decision will be communicated to the complainant and to the party complained against. The final written report itself must, of course, remain confidential in terms of the Data Protection Act as it inevitably contains references to third parties.

Regulation of Care

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement it has in appointments to committees of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care; what advice it seeks from support service providers to ensure a balanced composition of committees, and what powers it has to remove appointees from committees of the commission

Mr Frank McAveety: The appointment of members to committees of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care is an operational matter for the Commission itself, having regard to the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Appointments and Procedure) Regulations 2002 and other Scottish Executive guidance.

Roads

Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take action to improve motorway links at Larbert.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive has agreed in principle with Falkirk Council and Scottish Enterprise to share the cost of new slip roads on to the M876 at Glenbervie. As with all roads investment, this scheme will depend on a positive economic case being made and the outcome of the Public Local Inquiry (PLI) into objections received to the statutory orders for the scheme. The economic case is being reviewed and, if this is positive, steps will be taken to reopen the PLI which is currently sisted.

Scottish Executive Publications

Mr Keith Harding (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Scottish Economic Report: February 2003 .

Iain Gray: The total costs of printing, publishing and distributing the February 2003 edition of the Scottish Economic Report are estimated at £9,684 including VAT.

Social Inclusion

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what targets and timescales it has set for reducing the number of pensioners on low incomes and for the elimination of pensioner poverty.

Des McNulty: The Scottish Executive has a long-term target to make sure that older people are financially secure. Underpinning that, there is a social justice milestone to reduce the proportion of older people living in low income households.

  The Executive has also set a target to eradicate fuel poverty, as far as is practicable, by 2016. Whilst this target covers all households, older householders are particularly vulnerable to the effects of fuel poverty. The Central Heating Installation Programme, which is available to pensioners without any central heating or with irreparable systems and covers all tenure types, is saving an average of £290 on bills. According to the managing agent, over 8,300 pensioner households have benefited from the programme so far.

Social Inclusion

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners live in areas classified as suffering from multiple deprivation.

Ms Margaret Curran: In June 2000, it is estimated that more than 120,000 people over retirement age (65 and over for men and 60 and over for women) were resident in the worst 10% of wards, defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2003. More robust population counts for wards will be published as part of the next release of results from the 2001 Census on 25 March 2003.

Social Inclusion Partnerships

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the operation of Social Inclusion Partnerships.

Ms Margaret Curran: I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-7258 on 8 June 2000 and S1W-21333 on 17 January 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:

  http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Social Inclusion Partnerships

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how the operation of Social Inclusion Partnerships is regulated

Ms Margaret Curran: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-7252 on 8 June 2000. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Social Inclusion Partnerships

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive who currently serves on the boards of Social Inclusion Partnerships in Glasgow.

Ms Margaret Curran: I have asked Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. His response is as follows.

  The following list shows the names of all those who currently serve on the boards of Social Inclusion Partnerships in Glasgow as well as the partners they represent.

  


Drumchapel SIP 
  



Elsie Job 
  

Community Representative 
  



Ina Brodie 
  

Community Representative 
  



Cheryl Coleman 
  

Community Representative 
  



Maurice Fieldman 
  

Community Representative 
  



Sonia Little 
  

Youth Representative 
  



Wilson Blakey 
  

Drumchapel High School 
  



Bill Butler 
  

MSP 
  



Sylvia Cowan 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Suzanne Glennie 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Calum Graham 
  

Drumchapel Opportunities 
  



Bailie Martin Lee 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Supt Gregor MacLeod 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Cllr Marjorie O'Neill 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



East End SIP 
  



Cllr David Stevenson 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Isabel Campbell 
  

Community Representative 
  



Carol Connelly 
  

Community Representative 
  



John Ferguson 
  

Community Representative 
  



Alan Kennedy 
  

Community Representative 
  



Cecilia O'Lone 
  

Community Representative 
  



Cllr Susan Baird 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Bill Cook 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Ian Graham 
  

John Wheatley College 
  



John Jenkins 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Brian McAleenan 
  

East End Partnership Ltd 
  



William Murray 
  

Voluntary Sector Representative 
  



Janice Scouller 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Cllr Elaine Smith 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Chief Supt Kevin Smith 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance 
  



Kofi Tordzro 
  

Positive Action in Housing 
  



Usma Alam 
  

Youth Representative 
  



Alan Lee 
  

Youth Representative 
  



Jelina Rehman 
  

Youth Representative 
  



Shabnam Sherafaty 
  

Youth Representative 
  



Mandeep Singh 
  

Youth Representative 
  



Louise Oliver 
  

Glasgow Pupil Council 
  



Saqib Yousaf 
  

Glasgow Pupil Council 
  



Rizwan Ahmed 
  

EMEC 
  



Nazir Chaudhry 
  

Housing Diversity 
  



Peter Duncan 
  

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce 
  



Rozanne Foyer 
  

STUC 
  



Samantha McFarlane 
  

Woodlands Youth Initiative 
  



Hanzala Malik 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Isobel Miller 
  

Careers Scotland 
  



Sonia Puri 
  

GCVS 
  



Mohammed Razaq 
  

West of Scotland REC 
  



Glasgow Smaller Areas SIP 
  



Cllr Gordon Macdiarmid 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Ann Gavin 
  

Community Representative 
  



John Goldie 
  

Community Representative 
  



Alex Greenhorn 
  

Community Representative 
  



J Gravatt 
  

Barnardo’s 
  



Cllr Jean McFadden 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Fiona Moss 
  

Greater Glasgow Health Board 
  



Bill Nicol 
  

Scottish Enterprise 
  



Cllr Craig Roberton 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Allan Watson 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Gorbals SIP 
  



Cllr James Mutter 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



John Fallon 
  

Oatlands Community Council 
  



Marie Steel 
  

Hutchesontown Community Council 
  



Helen Trainer 
  

Laurieston Community Council 
  



Isa Barr 
  

Elderly Forum 
  



Colin McGowan 
  

Health Forum 
  



Terry Strain 
  

Youth Forum 
  



Ben Barr 
  

Miller Homes (Scotland West) Ltd 
  



Richard Barron 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Nichola Brown 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Ann Graham 
  

New Gorbals Housing Association 
  



Ann McKenzie 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Candy Munro 
  

Gorbals Initiative 
  



Peggy Nicholson 
  

Glasgow College of Nautical Studies 
  



Cllr Allan Watson 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Keith Wilson 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Greater Easterhouse SIP 
  



Cllr Jim Coleman 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Frances Clarke 
  

Community Representative 
  



Rachael McCann 
  

Community Representative 
  



Anna Nicoletti 
  

Community Representative 
  



Peter Howden 
  

Greater Easterhouse Community Ownership 
  



Supt Colin Campbell 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



John Godwin 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Ian Graham 
  

John Wheatley College 
  



John Jenkins 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Cllr Gaille McCann 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Bailie Catherine McMaster 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Bruce Malone 
  

St Andrew’s Secondary School 
  



Stuart Miller 
  

Greater Easterhouse Development Company 
  



Robert Peat 
  

Eastern Glasgow LHCC 
  



Cllr Ronnie Quinn 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Janice Scouller 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Greater Govan SIP 
  



Cllr Stephen Dornan 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Colin Dornan 
  

Community Representative 
  



David Ellis 
  

Community Representative 
  



Michael O’Halloran 
  

Community Representative 
  



David Paterson 
  

Community Representative 
  



Gina Robertson 
  

Community Representative 
  



Betty Ross 
  

Community Representative 
  



Mary Sanderson 
  

Community Representative 
  



Tanveer Parnez 
  

Ethnic Minorities Representative 
  



Cllr Shaukat Butt 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



John Crawford 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Supt Mike Dean 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Gordon Jackson 
  

MSP 
  



Margaret Kinsella 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Mary Lyden 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Clare Lynn 
  

Govan Initiative Ltd 
  



Heather Mackie 
  

Govan High School 
  



Mohammad Sarwar 
  

MP 
  



John Stevenson 
  

Kall Kwik 
  



Greater Pollok SIP 
  



Cllr William O'Rourke 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



John Hannay 
  

Community Representative 
  



Jean Honan 
  

Community Representative 
  



Robert Houston 
  

Community Representative 
  



Alan McLaughlan 
  

Community Representative 
  



Gordon Millar 
  

Park House Estate Residents Association 
  



Sylvia Cowan 
  

Glasgow Education Business Partnership 
  



Derek Craig 
  

Youth in Action 
  



Ian Davidson 
  

MP 
  



Caroline Dicks 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Cllr Alexander Glass 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Cllr Michael Kernaghan 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Margaret Kinsella 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Johann Lamont 
  

MSP 
  



Mike McQuade 
  

Seimens 
  



Ros Micklem 
  

Cardonald College 
  



Cllr Tommy Sheridan 
  

MSP 
  



Ken Wardrop 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



John Watson 
  

Greater Pollok Development Company 
  



North Glasgow SIP (Board covers 3 SIPs: 
  Glasgow North, Milton and Springburn/East Balornock) 
  



Cllr John Gray 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Walter Donald 
  

Community Representative 
  



Joe Fury 
  

Community Representative 
  



John McVicar 
  

Community Representative 
  



Ronnie Rodden 
  

Community Representative 
  



Anne Stewart 
  

Community Representative 
  



Chief Supt David Christie 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Suzanne Glennie 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Cllr Ellen Hurcombe 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Norrie Innes 
  

Rock DCM Ltd 
  



Cathy Lang 
  

Glasgow North Ltd 
  



Ann McKechin 
  

MP 
  



Cllr Robert Marshall 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Paul Martin 
  

MSP 
  



Ian Miller 
  

North Glasgow College 
  



Cllr Margaret Sinclair 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Eleanor Sneddon 
  

Communities Scotland 
  



Cllr Alan Stewart 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Andy Woolley 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Routes Out SIP 
  



Jan MacLeod 
  

Women's Support Project 
  



Cllr Jim Coleman 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Joan Elliot 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Ann Hamilton 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Rose Ilett 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Sue Laughlin 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Mike McCarron 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board 
  



Insp. Liz McLean 
  

Strathclyde Police 
  



Pauline McNeill 
  

MSP 
  



Anne Marie Manning 
  

Base 75 
  



Cath Smith 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



The Big Step SIP 
  



Robert Baxter 
  

Community Representative 
  



Sabrina Caie 
  

Community Representative 
  



Shelley Henry 
  

Community Representative 
  



Ian Lancaster 
  

Community Representative 
  



Theresa McGahan 
  

Community Representative 
  



Nicola McManus 
  

Community Representative 
  



Kirsty Roberton 
  

Community Representative 
  



Frank Scott 
  

Community Representative 
  



Sandy Cunningham 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Dave Donald 
  

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow 
  



Colin Flinn 
  

NCH Action for Children 
  



Greg Gallagher 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Elaine Haddow 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Stephen McGinley 
  

Who Cares? Scotland 
  



Isobel Millar 
  

Careers Scotland 
  



Cllr Elaine Smith 
  

Glasgow City Council 
  



Morag Sweeney 
  

Jobcentre Plus 
  



Ian Turner 
  

Barnardo's 
  



Phil White 
  

Greater Glasgow NHS Board

Social Inclusion Partnerships

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been awarded to each Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) in Glasgow in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

Ms Margaret Curran: I have asked Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The information requested is given in the following table.

  


SIP 
  

Total Allocation (£) 
  

Total Allocation (£) 
  



2001-02 
  

2002-03 
  



Glasgow Smaller Areas 
  

1,460,000 
  

1,921,470 
  



Big Step 
  

527,000 
  

550,642 
  



East End 
  

3,120,850 
  

3,286,609 
  



GARA 
  

817,000 
  

855,323 
  



North Glasgow 
  

3,242,850 
  

3,427,360 
  



Routes Out 
  

323,000 
  

336,314 
  



Gorbals 
  

869,000 
  

919,798 
  



Greater Easterhouse 
  

3,754,850 
  

3,934,691 
  



Greater Govan 
  

979,000 
  

1,412,457 
  



Greater Pollock 
  

2,840,000 
  

3,326,838 
  



Milton 
  

869,000 
  

919,883 
  



Springburn 
  

915,000 
  

968,012 
  



Drumchapel 
  

2,690,000 
  

2,845,661 
  



Total 
  

22,407,550 
  

24,705,058 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes allocations for Core SIP, Support Costs, Drugs Misuse and Empowering Communities.

  2. Excludes carry forward of unspent allocations from previous year (EYF).

Social Inclusion Partnerships

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to standardising terms and conditions for grants awarded under Social Inclusion Partnership projects

Ms Margaret Curran: The standard conditions that attach to grants awarded from the Social Inclusion Partnership Fund adhere to the principles of "Following the Public Pound". These cover matters such as financial probity and the application of public funds. Specific conditions applying to individual grant awards, for example, if the grant is conditional on co-financing being secured are a local matter.

Waste Management

Mr Keith Harding (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in response to the finding in the Accounts Commission’s Overview of the 2001/02 local authority audits that "if Scotland’s recycling record is to improve councils need to give recycling greater priority".

Ross Finnie: The Executive launched the National Waste Plan on 24 February 2003, which establishes the direction of our policies for sustainable waste management to 2020. This plan provides an integrated summary of the 11 Area Waste Plans, which were prepared by groups including local authority representatives. Implementing this plan will achieve 25% recycling and composting of municipal waste by 2006, and 55% by 2020.

  The Executive has allocated over £230 million over the next three years alone for local authorities to implement the Area Waste Plans. I announced funding of almost £110 million to eight local authorities over 17 years on 3 February. I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33419 on 3 February 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search. Further bids from local authorities to the Strategic Waste Fund are currently being assessed.

  The Local Government (Scotland) Act 2003 places a new duty on local authorities to prepare integrated waste management plans for ministers’ approval. The Executive will use this provision to direct authorities to establish mandatory recycling targets which will be based on the Area Waste Plans.

Water Fluoridation

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would give full indemnity to Scottish Water against any legal actions arising from fluoridation of the water supply.

Ross Finnie: Under section 172 of the Water Act 1989, the Scottish ministers' may grant indemnities to Scottish Water in respect of:

  liabilities incurred by Scottish Water in connection with anything done by them to increase fluoride in water supplied;

  costs or expenses incurred by Scottish Water (or for which Scottish Water is liable) in connection with proceedings brought with respect to things done for the purpose of increasing the fluoride content of any water, or a proposal to do so, and

  expenditure incurred by Scottish Water in complying with an order made in any such proceedings.

  As with any other discretionary power, it would be for the Scottish ministers to determine, having regard to the particular circumstances of the case, whether to exercise the power and, if so, to what extent.